Submitted on Monday 8th August 2016
Rejected on Wednesday 17th August 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Decriminalise not having a TV license
Thousands of poor people are being imprisoned or given criminal records every year for a minor debt to the BBC.
Usually, cases of a debt are dealt with by a civil action which is more proportionate.
The BBC employs tactics to frighten people who do not have a TV into buying a license.
"In England and Wales there are 180,000 prosecutions a year for failing to pay the licence fee, and dozens of people are jailed each year."
See:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/599049/TV-Licence-jailed-England-BBC-fee-Scotland-fines
I do not own a TV and yet I receive regular upsetting letters - about once every 2 months. They say things like ' What to expect in court'. Clearly designed to cause distress.
Decriminalising will reduce the distress caused to millions.
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